Fujiwara no Tadahira

In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Tadahira (藤原 忠平; 880 – 9 September 949) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period. ^[1] He is also known as Teishin-Kō (貞信公) or Ko-ichijō Dono (小一条殿) or Ko-ichijō daijō-daijin. ^[1]

Career

Tadahira was a kuge (Japanese noble) who is credited with writing and publishing Engishiki . ^[1] He is one of the principal editors responsible for the development of the Japanese legal code known as Sandai-kyaku-shiki  ^{[ ja ]}, sometimes referred to as the Rules and Regulations of the Three Generations. ^[2]

Tadahira served as regent under Emperor Suzaku who ruled from 930 to 946.

• 17 September 914 ( Engi 14, 25th day of the 8th month): Dainagon Tadahira was named udaijin . ^[3]
• 16 October 930 ( Enchō 8, 22nd day of the 9th month): Tadahira was appointed sesshō .
• 7 September 936 ( Jōhei 6, 19th day of the 8th month): He assumed the role of daijō-daijin . ^[4]
• 16 February 937 (Jōhei 7, 4th day of the 1st month): He presided over the coming of age ceremony of Emperor Suzaku. ^[4]
• 29 November 941 ( Tengyō 4, 8th day of the 11th month): He became kampaku . ^[1]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Mototsune. ^[1] Tadahira's brothers were Fujiwara no Tokihira and Fujiwara no Nakahira. ^[5] Emperor Suzaku and Emperor Murakami where the maternal nephews of Tadahira.

Tadahira took over the head of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara clan in 909 when his elder brother Tokihira died.

Wives and progeny

He was married to Minamoto no Junshi (源 順子), daughter of Emperor Uda.

They had a son.

• Fujiwara no Saneyori, also known as Ononomiya Dono (小野宮殿). ^[6] - Kampaku for Emperor Reizei 967–969, and Sesshō for Emperor En'yū 969–970

He was also married to Monamoto no Shōshi (源 昭子), daughter of Minamoto no Yoshiari.

They had several children.

• Morosuke ^[7] - Udaijin 947–960, grandfather of Emperor Reizei and Emperor En'yū
• Moroyasu (師保) - priest
• Morouji (師氏) (913–970) - Dainagon 969–970
• Morotada (師尹) (920–969) - Sadaijin 969

Daughters' mothers were unknown. (She might be Junshi or Shōshi.)

• Kishi (貴子) (904–962) - consort of Crown Prince Yasuakira
• Kanshi (寛子) (906–945) - consort of Imperial Prince Shigeakira

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tadahiro, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 9 works in 13 publications in 2 languages and 201 library holdings. ^[8]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

• 延喜式 (1723) ^[9]
• 延喜式 (1828)
• Teishinkōki: the Year 939 in the Journal of Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira (1956)

Honours

• Senior First Rank (September 13, 949; posthumous)

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tadahira" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 209 , p. 209, at Google Books; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203. , p. 203, at Google Books
2. Brinkley, p. 177. , p. 177, at Google Books
3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 133. , p. 133, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Tada fira", pre-Hepburn romanization
4. Titsingh, p. 135. , p. 135, at Google Books
5. Brinkley, p. 241. , p. 241, at Google Books
6. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Saneyori" in p. 208 , p. 208, at Google Books; Titsingh, p. 138. , p. 138, at Google Books
7. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Morosuke" in p. 206 , p. 206, at Google Books.
8. WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine : Fujiwara, Tadahira 880-949
9. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Tokihira" in p. 210 , p. 210, at Google Books.

References

• Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

Senior First Rank Fujiwara no Tadahira 藤原 忠平
Tadahira by Kikuchi Yōsai
Imperial Regent of Japan
In office 16 October 930 –9 September 949

v t e Fujiwara family tree
Kamatari [1] 614–669 Fuhito [2] 659–720 NANKE branch HOKKE branch SHIKIKE branch KYŌKE branch Muchimaro [2] 680–737 Fusasaki [2] 681–737 Umakai [2] 694–737 Maro [2] 695–737 Toyonari [3] 704–766 Nakamaro [3] 706–764 Otomaro [4] Nagate [5] 714–771 Matate [4] 715–766 Uona [6] 721–783 Kaedemaro [7] 723–776 Yoshitsugu [8] 716–777 Tamaro [9] 722–783 Momokawa [10] 732–779 Hamanari [11] 724–790 Tsuginawa [12] 727–796 Korekimi [13] 727–789 Uchimaro [14] 756–812 Sonohito [12] 756–819 Otsugu [12] 774–843 Fuyutsugu [15] 775–826 Nagara [1] 802–826 Yoshifusa [1] 804–872 Yoshiyo [16] 823–900 Mototsune [17] 836–891 Tokihira [18] [12] 871–909 Tadahira [12] 880–949 Saneyori [12] 900–970 Morosuke [12] 909–960 Yoritada [19] 924–989 Koretada [12] 924–972 Yoritada [12] [20] 925–977 Kaneie [12] [19] 929–990 Michitaka [21] [22] 953–995 Michikane [22] 961–995 Michinaga [23] 966–1028 Yorimichi [24] [25] 992–1074 Norimichi [26] 996–1075 Morozane [27] 1042–1101 Moromichi [28] 1062–1099 Tadazane [29] 1075–1162 Tadamichi [30] 1097–1164 Yorinaga [31] 1120–1156 Konoe Family Matsudono Family Kujō Family Konoe Motozane [32] 1143–1166 Matsudono Motofusa [33] 1144?–1231 Kujō Kanezane [30] 1149–1207 Konoe Motomichi [16] [34] 1160–1233 Matsudono Moroie [33] 1172–1238 Kujō Yoshitsune [35] 1169–1206 Konoe Iezane [34] 1179–1242 Kujō Michiie [35] 1193–1252 Takatsukasa Family Nijō Family Ichijō Family Konoe Kanetsune [36] 1210–1259 Takatsukasa Kanehira [37] 1228–1294 Kujō Norizane [38] 1211–1235 Nijō Yoshizane [39] 1216–1271 Ichijō Sanetsune [40] 1223–1284
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